Senior Mental Health Practitioner *Recruitment Bonus*
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Peterborough
- Salary
- £33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum pro rata
- Closing date
- 4 Apr 2023
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- Profession
- Mental health practitioner, Community mental health nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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*£3000 - New Hire Bonus*
Permanent posts are eligible for a £3000 New Hire Bonus. An initial payment of £1000 will be paid in the first 1 month and a final payment of £2000 will be paid 1 year after your start date. Please see attached New Hire Bonus T's & C's.
Peterborough Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team is a well-established service at the heart of acute crisis care within Peterborough and surrounding areas. Covering a large geographical area, rich with diversity, the team is made up of very experienced staff, of various disciplines, all with their own unique brilliance.
The post offers the opportunity to work intensively with service users, their families and carer's where without the teams' support, psychiatric admission is likely. Every day is different and whilst challenging at times it can also be extremely rewarding with team support integral to our approach.
You will be responsible for conducting comprehensive assessments and collaboratively planning care and treatment interventions with those we are supporting. This includes effectively managing high risk presentations at times so requires a good knowledge base and comprehensive skill in risk management and safety planning.
You will supervise other team members and students and lead by example.
The ability to communicate in an effective and collaborative way with other CPFT services, especially when triaging referrals requires a level of skill and diplomacy, so these qualities are essential.
Main duties of the job
To offer an urgent Mental Health Assessment and Home Treatment for those referred and assessed as requiring the services of the Team.Identify the appropriate intervention or management required or if necessary, recommend the most suitable referral agency.Provide assessment reports/letters containing the necessary information of a high standard and monitor reports by junior staff to ensure they are of an equal standard.
To contribute to achieving the Teams objectives, monitoring, and evaluating workloads through effective clinical leadership.
Be conversant and proactive with Government legislation pertaining to the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Crisis Care Concordat, NHS Plan and Clinical Governance.
Encourage, promote, and maintain effective communication with partner agencies both statutory and non-statutory.
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
Person Specification Education / Qualifications Essential
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
310-ASMH-5132920
Permanent posts are eligible for a £3000 New Hire Bonus. An initial payment of £1000 will be paid in the first 1 month and a final payment of £2000 will be paid 1 year after your start date. Please see attached New Hire Bonus T's & C's.
Peterborough Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team is a well-established service at the heart of acute crisis care within Peterborough and surrounding areas. Covering a large geographical area, rich with diversity, the team is made up of very experienced staff, of various disciplines, all with their own unique brilliance.
The post offers the opportunity to work intensively with service users, their families and carer's where without the teams' support, psychiatric admission is likely. Every day is different and whilst challenging at times it can also be extremely rewarding with team support integral to our approach.
You will be responsible for conducting comprehensive assessments and collaboratively planning care and treatment interventions with those we are supporting. This includes effectively managing high risk presentations at times so requires a good knowledge base and comprehensive skill in risk management and safety planning.
You will supervise other team members and students and lead by example.
The ability to communicate in an effective and collaborative way with other CPFT services, especially when triaging referrals requires a level of skill and diplomacy, so these qualities are essential.
Main duties of the job
To offer an urgent Mental Health Assessment and Home Treatment for those referred and assessed as requiring the services of the Team.Identify the appropriate intervention or management required or if necessary, recommend the most suitable referral agency.Provide assessment reports/letters containing the necessary information of a high standard and monitor reports by junior staff to ensure they are of an equal standard.
To contribute to achieving the Teams objectives, monitoring, and evaluating workloads through effective clinical leadership.
Be conversant and proactive with Government legislation pertaining to the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Crisis Care Concordat, NHS Plan and Clinical Governance.
Encourage, promote, and maintain effective communication with partner agencies both statutory and non-statutory.
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- To offer an urgent Mental Health Assessment and Home Treatment for those referred and assessed as requiring the services of the Team.
- Identify the appropriate intervention or management required or if necessary, recommend the most suitable referral agency.
- Provide assessment reports/letters containing the necessary information of a high standard and monitor reports by junior staff to ensure they are of an equal standard.
- To contribute to achieving the Teams objectives, monitoring and evaluating workloads through effective clinical leadership.
- Provide urgent assessment/intervention for AMH service users out of their teams core hours of service.
- The post will include flexible working patterns over a 37.5 working hours per week to incorporate cover for 24 hours, 7-day service, including on call if required to meet the needs of the service users & carers.
- Ensure accurate and timely recording on CPFT Information Systems, i.e. Systm One.
Person Specification Education / Qualifications Essential
- Registered Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Social Work
- Post qualification specialist mental health training
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience in leadership role
- Experience of developing and providing teaching programmes
- Experience of managing and training staff
- Qualification in leadership
- Ability to deliver mental health awareness and varied concise information
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Effective organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to work flexibly
- Good IT Skills
- Ability to undertake Mandatory training requirements
- Clear evidence of effective & safe decision making and problem solving.
- Ability to contribute to service development and ability to manage change
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to develop and lead new initiatives within the clinical care environment
- Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act
- Understanding of therapeutic skills for clinicians required to support patients in an acute phase of illness
- Clear understanding of CRHTT practice and treatment objectives.
- Commitment to and understanding of IT.
- Knowledge of SOVA and Safeguarding policies
- Mental Health Act Training
- Any additional training relevant to CRHTT intervention
- Able to cover shifts over a 24 hour period, 7 days a week
- Ability to travel across a large geographical patch
- Committed to the empowerment of service users and carers promoting their involvement in service delivery
- Provide and promote non-discriminatory care
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
310-ASMH-5132920
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